1
as in questioning
to demand proof of the truth or rightness of it seems odd that someone would want two stoves, so you'd better query that order
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in asking
to put a question or questions to queried the professor about the assignment
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
3
as in interrogating
to put a series of questions to once the statement was given, the press secretary allowed reporters to query the President
Synonyms & Similar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of querying Reports of the court's concern were cited by privacy advocates and some congressional aides as a reason Congress should not reauthorize the law without changes and without the administration explaining the querying filter issue. —
Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026 Instead of flooding analysts with thousands of warnings, the agents gather evidence in real time—querying threat-intelligence databases, analyzing behavioral patterns, and filtering out false positives—before deciding whether a situation warrants escalation. —Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026 The company helps its clients connect their data with AI models to launch custom agents, in addition to providing tools for storing, processing and querying data. —Jordan Novet, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026 People who are obsessed with querying to the point of ignoring the actual work aren’t going to produce anything of value. —Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026 The chips will primarily be used for inferencing, a kind of querying of a large language model so a chatbot can generate an answer. —Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025 Mahan’s budget team also used AI to spot spending and revenue trends and provide insight by querying past financial records. —Devan Patel, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025 When querying luxury shoppers in July, Essner said tariffs were not hitting in a big way. —David Moin, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025 The integration of pg_vector extension enables storing and querying millions of vectors with millisecond response times, supporting real-time AI applications that process unstructured data alongside traditional business records. —Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026 Instead of flooding analysts with thousands of warnings, the agents gather evidence in real time—querying threat-intelligence databases, analyzing behavioral patterns, and filtering out false positives—before deciding whether a situation warrants escalation. —Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026 The company helps its clients connect their data with AI models to launch custom agents, in addition to providing tools for storing, processing and querying data. —Jordan Novet, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026 People who are obsessed with querying to the point of ignoring the actual work aren’t going to produce anything of value. —Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026 The chips will primarily be used for inferencing, a kind of querying of a large language model so a chatbot can generate an answer. —Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025 Mahan’s budget team also used AI to spot spending and revenue trends and provide insight by querying past financial records. —Devan Patel, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025 When querying luxury shoppers in July, Essner said tariffs were not hitting in a big way. —David Moin, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025 The integration of pg_vector extension enables storing and querying millions of vectors with millisecond response times, supporting real-time AI applications that process unstructured data alongside traditional business records. —Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for querying
Verb
-
Sources say the character didn’t survive test screenings (audiences kept questioning why Andy needed a roommate at all).— Kennedy French, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
-
Panamanian officials confirmed that Jalil was immediately transferred to the country’s Judicial Investigation Directorate and is expected to face questioning by prosecutors in the coming days.— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
Police are asking anyone with information, video or photos of the incident to come forward and call the department tip line at 469-658-3050.— Briauna Brown, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
-
Police are asking anyone with additional information to contact the department.— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
But those comparisons won’t do The White Lotus any favors, since Beef is more effective than that series’ second and third seasons in interrogating how exclusive locations sharpen class differences.— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
-
Season 50 is honoring its past and legacy, actively interrogating it, dropping players from different eras into direct competition and letting the game itself reveal what has changed and what hasn’t.— Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
Other entries follow an expert forager and fermenter in Southern California, adaptive mountain bikers challenging their disabilities in Vermont and native bees in California, which are seeing their populations drastically dwindle.— Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
-
Affording a vehicle is challenging for most, and many assembly plants have shuttered in recent years.— CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
Though the biggest payoff came away from the drills — sitting down for dinner with top prospects, quizzing them in the classroom, getting to know them away from the field, talking to the people at those colleges who knew them best.— Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
-
Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s been quizzing his members on which strategy to pursue, Republicans said.— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
-
British counter-terrorism officers, some wearing protective clothing, are examining the scene near the Israeli embassy in London after police said an unnamed group claimed to have targeted the building with drones carrying dangerous substances.— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
-
Now, however, there’s confirmation that the FBI is examining DNA evidence recovered from the scene.— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
Anthony Edwards was the low man, contesting the shot for Minnesota.— Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
-
But Mike’s attorney, Raymond Rafool, tells PEOPLE that Constance is contesting that, likening it to a bad deal signed years ago at a vulnerable moment.— David Chiu, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
In light of Robinson’s death, her family is disputing authorities’ ruling that the 31-year-old influencer died by suicide.— Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
-
Israel's continued attacks in Lebanon have posed an ongoing threat to the fragile truce, with Israel disputing that the agreement extended to its operations against Hezbollah.— NPR Staff, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Querying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/querying. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
